Legal Opinion
Melvin Lindsay v. John N. Mitchell, United States Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 25, 1972No. 71-3213PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Per curiam
Lindsay, a federal prisoner, appeals from the denial of his pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus against the Attorney General of the United States and the warden of the United States Penitentiary at Atlanta, Georgia. The District Court treated the petition as one for writ of mandamus.
Appellant alleges that his transfer to the federal penitentiary at Atlanta, Georgia, from the Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, penitentiary is cruel and unusual punishment inasmuch as it deprives him of seeing his family who reside in Pennsylvania and are unable to travel to Atlanta because of indigency. The…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Johnson v. AverySupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Peyton v. RoweSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Lloyd Mullican and Kenneth Eugene Shores v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- Arthur Gilchrist v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Richard D. Glazier v. Capt. James G. Hackel, Company CommanderCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Rebideau v. StonemanDistrict Court, D. Vermont · 1975
- Goodnow v. PerrinSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1980
- Downes v. NortonDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1973
- Isaac Thomas v. United States Parole Commissioner Federal Bureau of Prisons and J. Michael Quinlan, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
- Isaac W. Thomas v. P.W. KeohaneCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
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